Mesopotamia, the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is known as the cradle of civilization and the fertile crescent because it was here that some of mankind’s most important cities and earliest civilizations were founded. It was located in modern-day Iraq, southeast Turkey, northeast Syria and Kuwait, and existed during the same time as ancient Egypt. Mesopotamia had one of the first writing systems in history, as well as mathematics and astronomy. The area also saw the rise of some of history’s most influential rulers and conquerors, including Hammurabi, Sargon I and Alexander the Great.

This video covers the brief history of Ancient Mesopotamia and then discusses how it relates to modern culture and the present-day Middle East.

About 5 Minutes:
5 Minutes' mission is to produce Well-researched, Engaging, Simple and Concise History educational material for free.

RESOURCES:

Script:
-National Geographic
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
-History
[ Ссылка ]
-Encyclopedia Britannica
[ Ссылка ]
-WorldHistory.org
[ Ссылка ]
-Others
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]


Image and Footage Credits:
-Wikimedia Commons (Sémhur/ MapMaster/ Hardnfast/ Trjames/ Hiroki Ogawa/ John Weedy/ Purchase, Raymond and Beverly Sackler/ Bjørn Christian Tørrissen/ Haider aljanaby/ Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/ Tla2006/ Daderot/ Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Steve Harris/ U0045269/ BabelStone/ Abhishekkolay/ Musée des beaux arts de Nantes/ ZoomViewer/ Mbzt/ Jastrow/ Capillon/ Josep Renalias/ Ningyou/ Marie-Lan Nguyen and Hormuzd Rassam/ Deror avi and ZoomViewer/ Architect of the Capitol/ ArturAlexandrePutyato03/ Gryffindor / Walter Hutchinson 1877/ Museo Archeologico Nazionale/ Musée d'Orsay/ Ishtar Gate, babylon/ Lucas van Valckenborch/ Austen Henry Layard , drawing by L. Gruner)

-Flickr (Ninara)

-Researchgate (Jerry Grover)
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]=


Music:
Ambient Background Middle Eastern Atmosphere by Volodymyr Piddubnyk


Sound Effects:
[ Ссылка ] [ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ] [ Ссылка ] [ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ] [ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ] [ Ссылка ]

__

Want to find 5 Minutes elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook - [ Ссылка ]
Twitter - [ Ссылка ]

свернуть